KEEMBOO

Abstract

An aerial projectile resting on a flat hard floor is stricken two consecutive times with a stick, the first strike made in a vertical swing and at right angle to one of the projectile's flat-tapered face with straight-edge ends propels it upward and in mid air and perpendicularly to the floor, and spinning on its larger axis; the second strike made in a waist-high horizontal baseball-like swing, said swings made within an interval of about two seconds between the first and second strike on the same projectile, making the projectile travel through the air in a trajectory horizontal to the floor and landing on the floor far from its original rest position.

Description

CROSS-REFERENES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] U.S. Pat. No. 2,485,788-A

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVEVELOPMENT

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[0004] Done

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0005] Technical Field

[0006] The field of art to which the invention pertains to is Art Unit 3711, Class 473, Games Using Tangible Projectile (i.e., U.S. Pat. No. 2,485,788 A).

[0007] Background Art

[0008] The proposed invention modifies an aerial projectile such as the one referenced to in publication Burton Silver, New Zealand Golf Cross, 1988, and the prior Non-Provisional Patent Application #14660600.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0009] The invention modifies the solid round rod of tapered pointed ends of the referenced projectiles, with rectangular bar tapered straight-edge ends, each enhanced with a flat and larger surface-area for an easier strike with a stick, as opposed to a much smaller surface-area on the solid round rod of tapered pointed ends of the referenced projectiles, which strike helps generate the angular momentum required to propel the modified aerial projectile in the air when stricken twice with a stick, said swings made within an interval of about two seconds between the first and second strike on the same projectile, thus improving the hand-eye coordination of users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

[0010] A side view of Item-1 is shown in FIG. 1A of length H, is an aerial projectile tapering longitudinally from the four straight edges W2 of the wide flat strip of area H1 by W2, to each opposite straight-edge end, with rectangular sectional view 3-3 shown in FIG. 1B throughout its length H, and across its width W2, and its height W1.

[0011] A side view of Item-2 is shown in FIG. 2A is a striking round rod with length L; with round cross-sectional view 4-4 shown in FIG. 2B, with diameter W throughout its length.

[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of item-1 resting on item-3 a hard surface/floor, and a view of item-2 being grabbed by a person by one of its ends, just before item-1 is stricken by item-2 on the first strike.

DETAILED BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] Item-1 is a side view of an aerial projectile constructed out of hard wood solid rectangular-bar material or hard plastic solid rectangular-bar material about three and one quarter inches long H, by about one and one quarter inches high WI, by about one inch wide W2; it's made by cutting a piece of the rectangular-bar with a saw to a length H, and both of its straight-edge ends are formed/tapered starting at right angle from edge W2, and machined toward each straight-edge end of item-I with a planer machine. The one-quarter inch flat strips, of area H1 by W2, are designed to hold the projectile in a horizontal rest-position, when placed on the floor.

[0014] Item-2 is a side view of a striking-stick round-rod constructed out of hard wood solid round-rod material or hard plastic solid round-rod material about one and one quarter inches in diameter W. Its length L measures about twenty inches, with uniform round cross-sectional shape along its entire length; it's made by cutting a piece of round-rod with a saw to length L.

[0015] The invention has been successfully tried with Item-1 and Item-2 being made out of hard wood solid rectangular-bar material and solid round-rod material, respectively.

[0016] The proposed invention works as follows. On a flat hard surface (i.e., floor), a person places Item-1 with its length H and oriented parallel to the person's chest, and resting horizontal to the floor, with either of the projectile's tapered face resting on the floor. The same person grabs Item-2 by one of its ends, positions him/herself with feet spread apart as in a baseball batting position, facing Item-1. The person bends his/her torso toward Item-1 with bent knees and close enough to Item-1 to strike it with Item-2 free end. The strike is made thru a vertical swing aimed at one of Item-2 flat tapered-area ends. The strike exerts a force at right angle on the flat-tapered-area end of Item-1, propelling it in the air in an upward/spinning motion on its larger axis The longer time item-1 is in the air, the better chance the person has for preparing to strike Item-1 a second time while in the air which is performed in a baseball-like swing, said swings made within an interval of about two seconds between the first and second strike on the same projectile, with the intention of striking Item-1 with item-2 as far as possible from the projectile's original rest position.

Claims

1. An aerial projectile, comprising: 1. a solid rectangular-bar of flat-tapered straight-edge ends, able to rest on its own ready-to-strike position, and a solid round-rod striking-stick for enabling said projectile to travel in the air; whereby said projectile travels in the air far from its original/rest position, when stricken in two consecutive swings with said stick on one of said ends, within an interval of about two seconds between the first and second strike on said projectile.